Old things, historic things, smelly dirty things, all the things that were considered the very opposite of "contemporary," have suddenly irrupted forcefully into architecture and art, blurring their bound- aries. This book takes stock of the emerging generation behind this turn, and examines their experimental engagements with the preservation of culturally charged objects. Structured around a series of interdisciplinary dialogues among practitioners and thinkers, and illustrated with recent projects, the book provides a window into the unfolding intellectual frameworks, aesthetic modes, cultural ambitions, and political commitments that are the basis of experimental preservation.

About the Author
THORDIS ARRHENIUS is a professor of culture heritage in the Department of Social Change and Culture (ISAK), Linko ping University, Sweden.ERIK FENSTAD LANGDALEN is a professor of architecture and the Head of the Institute of Form, Theory and History at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design.JORGE OTERO-PAILOS is an associate professor and Director of Historic Preservation at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture in New York.


Book Information
ISBN 9783037784921
Author Thordis Arrhenius
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Lars Muller Publishers
Publisher Lars Muller Publishers